A Salem reader called from the road Monday to say she was headed home from Reno. "Just thought you'd like to know," she said, "there seems to be construction at every town along I-5. Ashland, Medford, Roseburg ... you name it."

It's going to be that kind of summer on the road-construction front. To help travelers make sense of it all, ODOT has released a map of its 141 projects.

"Must be some of that stimulus money, I guess," the woman on my voicemail said.

Actually, one of the busiest construction seasons in 50 years will be fueled largely by the Oregon Transportation Investment Acts, a series of funding packages that raised $2.96 billion for highway and bridge construction work, said Christine Miles, an Oregon Department of Transportation spokeswoman.

However, some money from the economic stimulus passed by Congress earlier this year, will be used, ODOT says.